To echo earlier comments, you've got a photo of the wrong Karl Mecklenburg. The Karl Mecklenburg pictured in your photo is a retired NFL player who now resides in Littleton, Colorado, although he was born in Seattle, coincidentally. The Karl Mecklenburg you are endorsing is pictured in his website here. Silly Stranger. http://electmeck.com/

A lot of times when a bear gets stuck in a tree in a residential neighborhood, they just leave it to its own devices and it climbs down eventually on its own and leaves. That's probably what they should have done with this guy last night. He probably wouldn't still be there.